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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Quotation dates: 1615, 1680
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Wenche, Winace, n. [ME and e.m.E. wenche (1295), wynche (1384), wynch (1556), winch (1611), OE wince.] ? A turning mechanism, ? a winch. — 1615 Edinburgh Testaments XLVIII 258a.
Tua pestellis, ane wenche, ane wolcruik, ane claith cruik, ane boy 1680 Paisley Tolbooth Acc.
For making the stoole for the winace … for two steepels to the cradel of the winace weighing 5 lib. 2 ounce
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